Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.
John Packer Musical Instruments will be presented with the 2019 Believe in Music Award in recognition of their dedication to the Music Industry and encouraging music making at Winter NAMM…
In 2018, the D’Addario Foundation was able to partner with a number of music industry companies to fulfill the needs of some of the 200-plus community-based music instruction programs the…
On Thursday, January 10, MMR received the following obituary for Dr. Georgia Carrington-Prentice, the founder Prentice Practice Pads, who passed away on January 2, 2019: “Georgia Prentice was born in…
Excelcia Music Publishing was chosen to provide new musical pieces for the revamped sight-reading portion of the Florida Bandmasters Association’s (FBA) annual Music Performance Assessment (MPA). The FBA’s newly-developed sight-reading process…
The NAMM Young Professionals will host a two-hour event during The NAMM Show featuring Joel Menchey, president and CEO of Menchey Music Service. The event will take place on January…
Fender has acquired the Bigsby brand and its assets from Fred Gretsch Enterprises. The Gretsch family and FMIC have a longstanding relationship and have partnered to ensure that the transition of the…
Drum Workshop has added a Single Chain Pedal (AH4) to its classic 5000 Series hardware line. The original DW 5000 Pedal changed drumming forever when it was introduced nearly four decades ago, rapidly becoming an industry standard…
Plug & Play Music and technology is a one of the leading Chilean distributors and dealers of musical instruments, accessories, technology, pro audio and professional installation consultation. As of 1st…
US bass specialist Aguilar Amplification has launched its new SL 115 bass cabinet in the UK. Available exclusively through UK distributors Barnes & Mullins, the SL 115 offers sonic flexibility…
Waggi, a guitar accessories company based in Bogota, Colombia- South America announced that as of Jan 7th, 2019 D&A Guitar Gear will distribute its line of pedalboards to musical instrument…
The new Supro Blues King 12 combo amplifier is designed to capture the prized Supro amp tone that helped sculpt the sound of early electric Rock & Roll and the British Invasion of the…
Martin Audio has announced that with immediate effect, Case Kuehn has joined the company as president of Martin Audio North America LLC. Martin Audio’s management buyout in June 2018 meant…
